What is encouraging for any association is a great membership rate to their services. For the IMAWA, Illinois Movers’ & Warehousemen’s Association, their 95% membership of movers in the state is proof of a successful group looking after the moving businesses and consumers in Illinois.

You are required to keep the information held at the FMCSA, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, up to date. If you fail to record your current information every other year, even if no details have changed, you face prosecution and fines.

It is an important part of the IAM to link with the different organizations across America, to ensure that the moving business is at the forefront of a fantastic industry. They support organizations, like CMSA, that protect the industry from fraudulent business and that help standardize the moving industry.

The pollution created everyday around the world by vehicles and industry is staggering. However, what is important is every little tweak you make at reducing your own pollution, in life and business, can have an impact on reducing emissions. As well, it can lower the costs to business and the world in the future, by reducing clean-up of the harmful gasses and chemicals released on a daily basis.

t is important to realize the hard work of the NCMA, National Council of Moving Association. They oversee the 27 organizations that help to improve the moving business as a whole. The NCMA was first established in 1969 as a way to improve the connection between the different organizations and to bring together the industries to ensure a smooth understanding of the requirements of the different aspects of the moving business across America.

Using a phone while driving is dangerous. There are many studies that prove you are more likely to have an accident while using a mobile phone to call another person or to send a text message. The FMCSA has taken steps to introduce new laws governing the use of mobile phones in commercial vehicles. If these regulations aren’t followed, then the driver and the company face fines that are high and the possibility of the driver losing his license for a period of time.